Vehicle with automatic movement of rails.



No. 892,681. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908, T. POLJAKOFF-KOWTUNOFF. VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT OP RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27. 1907.

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No. 892,681. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

T. POLJAKOFP-KOWTUNOFF. VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIGMOVEMBNT OF RAILS.

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O. 892,681. PATENTED JULY 7, 1908. T. POLJAKOFF-KOWTUNOFF.

VBHIULB WITH AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT OF RAIL'S.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEOOTISTE POLJAKOFF-ROWTUNOFF, OF IJOItA, NEAR ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.

VEHICLE WITH'AUTOMATIQMOVEMENT OF RAILS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ti-iEoc'rIsTn POLJA- Ko'rF-Kow'rUNoFr, residing at Ijora, near St. Petersburg, Russia, manufacturm', have invented a new and useful Vehicle with Automatic Movement of Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a vehicle which is intended for transporting heavy loads, as well as for the installation of" sundry machines, performing work with movement from place to place, such as machines for excavating, digging tunnels etc.

The automatic movement of rails with the sleepers under the vehicle itself during its travel, without detaining the latter, forms an important feature of my invention. In this way the vehicle travels continuously along rails, which it moves itself and thus making it possible to transport heavy loads on it along soft roads with a comparatively small expenditure of power. The movement of the vehicle is performed with the aid of mechanical or live motive power.

On the annexed drawm s, Figure I represents a side view of the ve icle; Fig. II, is a 12m of the same without the covering; Fig. III is an end view and cross-section; Figs. IV, V, VI, VII and VIII are details of the arrangement.

The vehicle consists of frame 1, tied with cross and longitudinal beams 2 and 3 and resting on axle 4 on which two wheels 5 and 6 are rigidly set on the ends. The wheels 5 and 6 have-the form of disks with slots, as shown in Fig. IV. The wheels 5 travel along the interior rails 7 and the wheels 6, along the exterior rails 8.

In Fig. I the position of the vehicle is shown standing on all the wheels and moving in the direction of the arrow; during further movement the wheels 6 separate from the rails 8 and the travel of the Vehicle is continued on wheels 5 along rails 7. The axles 4 have eccentrics 9 (Fig. IV) with two rross heads each; the eccentrics 9 are fixed on the axles in such a manner, that, when the wheels separate from the axles the cross heads 9 rise and raise the rollers 10. fastened to the longitudinal beams 11. The latter are fastened to the cross beams 12 by flat 1 rods 13 and support the rails S on the rollers 15 (Fig. III); thus the rails 8 with the sleet 16 are raised by the ecrcntrir J i and VI), connected together with ods 17 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 27, 1907.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Serial No. 364,893.

(Fig. III). In order that the frame with the rails should have only a vertical movement, the rods 13 travel in guide plates 14, fastened from beneath t0 the frame 1. .\s the rails with the sleepers rise the vehicle moves I'm-ward and pulls rope 18 (Fig. VI), both ends of which are fastened to the forward end of the vehicle, to the additional beam 10. The end of the rope 18 surrounds the roller 20, fastened to the sleepers 16 supporting the rails 8, then it surrounds the roller 21, fastened to the beam 19 and finally it surrounds the roller 22, fastened to the sleepers 23, supporting the rails 7 and is then fastened with the aid of a spring with the air bulfer 24 to the beam 19. Thus during the travel of the vehicle, while the rails are not raised the spring 24 is compressed, when the rails 8 rise, however, the rope draws the wheel 20 and thus removes the rails to the extent of double the length of the space covered by the vehicle. As a matter of tact, as is seen from Fig. VI during the movement of the vehicle from position A to position B, the wheel 20 will pass the double track from position A into osition B; at the same time the wheels 6 wil travel 5,- of a turn and will stop lightly on the rails 8 and the wheels 5 will separate from the rails-7. Then the same action will repeat, as described above, and the rails will move in an exactly similar manner, as the roller 20 will be motionless and roller 22, with the rails and sleepers raised, will move from the position A. to the osition C until the vehicle moves from B to The moving ropes are included for the equability of the movement from both sides, as shown in the plan, Fig. II. So that there should not be a difference in the position of the slots and proj ections between the wheels of the front and rear axles, the wheels are tied together with rods and 26, placed on the fingers at an.

angle of (Fig. II).

The force of the live motive power is a plied directly to the draft hook 27. In t e case of mechanical motive power, movement is transmitted to one of the axles, the remaining ones moving with the aid of rods 25 and26.

The peripherical outline of the wheels may be different, in the drawing they are shown with two slots, butmay be made with one, three or more. The number of cross-heads on the eccentrics 9 is made according to the number of slots.

The turning of the vehicle is performed by men. us of a turn-table consisting of three disks 28, 29' and 30 (Fig. III); In turning, the vehicle stops on the outside rails; the sleepers located under the turn-table se arate from the. rails by the turning of paw s 31 (Figs. VII and Vi1i), then, by means of a handle inserted on the square of roller 32, with the aid of gear wheels 33 and 34, roll r 35, chain wheel 36 and four chain wheels 37, rotated by chain 38 screws 39 are turned, which when turning in nuts 40, lower the disk When the disk 28 abuts into the-sleepers 23, then the upper disks 29 and 30, being fastened to the beams 2 and 3, will raise the whole vehicle with the rails andremaining sleepers to such an extent that the vehicle should turn easily. The turning of the vehicle is performed by hand, the disk 30 rotating on rollers 41 along disk 29. On having made the re uired turning with the same handle, the ve iole is set down on the rails and then by a further movement of the roller 32'the disk 28 is raised to the previous position; after this the sleepers are put in place and fastened by awls 31 (Figs. VII and V111) and the veiole travels further.

Having thus fully described my invention what I. claim is: Y

, 1. In a vehicle for running upon and transporting its rails, a vehicle body provided with rotatable axles, separately movable pairs bf rails, cams rotated by said axles,

mutilated traction wheels arranged in pairs upon said axles and with the wheels of a pair out of engagement with the pair of rails therefor while the wheels of the other pair are in engagement with rails, and means carried by the vehicle body for moving either pair of rails when not engaged by traction wheels.

2. In a vehicle for running upon and transporting its rails,a vehicle body carrying a turn-table device, separately-inovable pairs of rails u on which said vehicle body runs, mutilate traction wheels carried by the vehicle body and running in pairs on the rails, the wheels of either pair being out of engagementwith the rails therefor while the wheels of the other pair are in engagement with rails, means carried by the vehicle body for moving either pair of rails when not engaged by the traction wheels, and means for bodily lowering the turntable to permit the entire vehicle and the pairs of rails to be swung about the axis of the turn-table.

In testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

THEOCTISTE POLJAKOFF-KUW'IUN OFF.

Witnesses: V

ii A. LOVIAGUINE, EDWARD ()AUsoAorn'r. 

